Backdropped by the blackness of space, the International Space Station was photographed by an STS-114 crewmember aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during rendezvous and docking operations. (Image credit: NASA)

A blanket of heavy cloud cover forms the backdrop for this image featuring the Italian-built Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and portions of the Canadarm2 and the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station. (Image credit: NASA)

Discovery was about 600 feet from the International Space Station when Station Commander Sergei Krikalev and Station NASA Science Officer and Flight Enginner John Phillips took photos for about a minute and a half as Discovery Commander Eileen Collins guided the spacecraft through the flip. (Image credit: NASA)

Space Shuttle Discovery approaches the International Space Station. On the left side of the image (under the left wing) is Lake Neuchatel, Switzerland. The city at the end of the lake is Yverdon. The Jura Mountains (most of the green portion of the background) are to the right in the image. (Image credit: NASA)

This underside view of the Space Shuttle Discovery was photographed by Expedition 11 Commander Sergei K. Krikalev and NASA Space Station Science Officer John Phillips as Discovery approached the International Space Station and performed a backflip. (Image credit: NASA)

One of a series of photographs showing the Space Shuttle Discovery as taken from aboard the International Space Station during rendezvous and docking operations. The Italian-built Raffaello Multi-Purpose Logistics Module is visible in the Shuttle's cargo bay and a Soyuz spacecraft docked to the Station is at right. (Image credit: NASA)